Robert Carlyle & Emma Bell Join Broadcast Pilots

Former Stargate Universe star Robert Carlyle is set to portray Rumplestiltskin in ABC’s drama pilot Once Upon a Time, about a woman drawn into a town where the magic and mystery of fairy tales may be real and hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her troubled past. An expert on black magic, Rumplestiltskin agrees to help Snow White and Prince Charming counteract the Evil Queen’s dark spells, but for a price. Carlyle is with Gersh and Authentic.

Emma Bell has been added to NBC’s drama pilot Reconstruction (formerly The Crossing). Written by Josh Brand and directed by Peter Horton, the project is set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and centers on Jason (Martin Henderson), a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior. Bell, repped by ICM and Brillstein, will play a strong-willed woman who denounces Jason as a coward. She recently recurred on AMC’s The Walking Dead.

5 Comments

david • on Mar 7, 2011 1:22 pm

I hope the crossing gets picked up

Danielle • on Mar 7, 2011 6:31 pm

Me too. I haven’t seen a good western on TV in a long time but then again I have never been fond of westerns. This show sounds interesting and the casting is great so far. Martin and Rachelle seem to have the chemistry down on Off the Map, the only reason I watch that show is them and Mamie.

Jack • on Mar 7, 2011 1:23 pm

Who at NBC renamed The Crossing back to Reconstruction again?

Cash • on Mar 7, 2011 5:26 pm

Seriously? This is where Carlyle goes after SGU tanks?

Wow.

jpg • on Mar 7, 2011 6:46 pm

interesting that this show’s premise presents the Union soldiers as the bad guys.
we’re living in a climate of anti-government and movements for secession and this show seems to follow suit or fan the flames.